samuel whitnum



`WHIT1\TUIV]. Toy Money-BOX.

Pa-femed July 23,1878.

'the bank, immediately-below the aperture for i the drawing.

SAMUEL VHITNUM, Ol (i nnen roisr, New ronk.

iMeRovsn/isnjr in Tov Money-Boxes.

Specification forming parl of Letters Patent No.v

To all whom/fit may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL WHITNUM, ot' Green Point,in the conntyof Kings and'State of New York, have invented certain new'and 'useful Improvements in Toy Money -Baiiksg and I do'hereby declare that thefolloWiirgisar iull, clear, and exact description thereof', reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked` thereon, which forni part of this specification.

Myinvontion'relates. to toy banks; and it consists in the .arrangement of springs within' the insertion of the money, for the purpose ot' preventing the pieces of 'money being with-v drawn from the bank through said'aperture, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of 'my bank, and' Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view ot' a part of the same.v y

A represents a toyliankofany suitableilflm and construction. ais the apertnre through which the pieces of money'are dropped into the bank. A,This ape1ture'v may be directly in the wall or topof the bank, or a tube may b e made to project from the same, as shown in' Decemher, 1877'.

the bank, are springs B Il, fnstenedto the bank, and their inner 'ends curving toward space, b, between. them' directly upon a line with theaperture a. These springs form no forni an eective barrier against takin-g any out again through the aperturea. l

The space b, left between the ends of the springs, is very narrow, so that al piece ot' money cannot pass between themu'pward; but in dropping the money down into the bank Ithe Weight ofthe piece separates them sniii- -ciently to allow the piece 'to fall down.

springs immediately come nearly together again to prevent the extraction ofthe money.

This invent-lon may be applied to toy banks' of any construction. g

.y Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and rdesire to secure by Letters Patent, is;

v.t I claim the foregoing p 'i l -SAMUEL wnrrnui Witnesses: l

G.- It. HENRY,

. Immediately belowv the aperture 1a, within each other and downward, leaving a narrow -impediment-to-tlre1hcpping in 'of money, but.

The

011e or more springs, IS, arrangedfwithin a,

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